Three Tory ministers quit so they could join the rebellion backing an unprecedented amendment to take control of Commons business – drawn up by Tories Sir Oliver Letwin and Nick Boles and Labour’s Hilary Benn and Yvette Cooper.

Government has "failed"

Speaking on BBC Newsnight, Letwin’s partner-in-crime Nick Boles spelled out what's coming - a move to push the PM to back their plans.

The pro-Europe Tory said: "We will be relying on the government to reflect parliament’s wishes … in the first instance."

Boles added: "But we won’t be relying on it for long. If ultimately the government refuses to listen to what parliament has voted for, then we’ll look to bring forward a bill, pass an act of parliament, that will require the government to reflect parliament’s wishes."

He implied they could force the Government to do as they say if they don't listen to MPs' wishes in the so-called indicative votes.

Mr Boles told The Sun: “It’s a great feeling to be finally off to the races and see whether this horse will run.

“The Government has comprehensively failed to do the job of Government – which is to solve these difficult issues.

“Parliament is very very late in the day try to see if we can come up with something that has support.”

Alternative Brexit options

Three of the PM's top team left the Government last night to vote against her and support a plan to let MPs take control instead.

Theresa May was reportedly told today by minister Anne Milton that another 20 of them could quit tomorrow if she stops a free vote on the issue.

But the votes led by Sir Oliver won't be binding on the PM to accept and act on them, only urging her to do so.

Alternative Brexit options are expected to include a number of softer options including:

Common market deal by staying in the single market (similar to the European Economic Area)

But any softer Brexit option risks destroying the Conservative party.

The PM's already said yesterday she won't plan to do something which goes against the Tory manifesto in 2017 which promises to leave the customs union and single market.

But Brexiteers warned today that Sir Oliver Letwin and his other Remainer pals were on the route to taking over the whole of the Government.

Last night after he won his amendment in another crunch vote in the Commons Speaker Bercow said it was up to him to figure out what would now happen on Wednesday, putting him in a top leadership position even though he's just a backbencher.

And MPs expect to then set aside more time on the Commons order paper - possibly next week - for a run-off of the most popular options to try and find a majority position.

They could rank them in order of preference to find the thing most politicians would vote for, even if it wasn't their choice.

"Jobbing prime minister"

Brexiteer David Davies raged last night that Sir Oliver has "set himself up as a jobbing prime minister" and demanded he held to account for his plans.

Bill Cash said MPs had backed “a constitutional revolution” and “the House will come to regret it.”

Ex-No10 aide Nikki da Costa said it was a "Trojan Horse" plan and was "very difficult to restore control" now MPs had wrestled it off the PM.

Business motion, which will need to be tabled tonight, voted on tomorrow, will at minimum claim further days and not just Wed. Expect quite an expansive clause - and possibly insurance policy to introduce leg to force govt to comply. Trojan Horse. V difficult to restore control